I appreciate your insight oldspook. Differing opinions...there is no right or wrong answer. My point is that I hope dealers and manufacturers meet customer expectations of expected proof of accuracy of a particular model. If the demand is there, the market will make it happen. But if people are seemingly content with the current ways and/or do not voice their expectations we are going to receive our handy 10 or 20 yard target cards with a single hole group to which little practical meaning can be attached. Such card would have been OK in the 80's for my trusty solid RWS 54 with the not very accurate RWS pellets. But with today's PCPs I expect more.
I am not a benchrest champion, nor do I aspire to be one, but I aspire to achieve consistent MOA groups one day. Will I ever get there? Who knows, but I know that many airgunners are motivated to reach that target. Also PCPs are getting much better than the ability of the shooter (me possibly included) could ever evolve. And records are meant to be broken.
But let's not get hung up on the MOA benchmark, the focus was on expectations of proof of accuracy. MOA was a benchmark I chose for comparison purposes that is certainly at the very high-end of the scale at 100 yards if considering a distance between 10 yards and 100 yards. I do not need a 20 yard target card to tell me that the rifle operates. I expected it to function before the dealer packed it up for shipment.
My point about PB and airgun prices was with the average airgunner and the average PB buyer in mind. Not many average PB buyers would pay more than $1,000 for a PB but many average airgunners will pay $1,500-2,000 for airguns. Not many airgunners will buy $5,000 Thomas rifles but the FX, Daystate,and various $1,500 bullpups could be considered nowadays mainstream as far as an "average airgunner" is concerned.
Thanks for your input. If we would all agree...this would be a very boring place....
I am not a benchrest champion, nor do I aspire to be one, but I aspire to achieve consistent MOA groups one day. Will I ever get there? Who knows, but I know that many airgunners are motivated to reach that target. Also PCPs are getting much better than the ability of the shooter (me possibly included) could ever evolve. And records are meant to be broken.
But let's not get hung up on the MOA benchmark, the focus was on expectations of proof of accuracy. MOA was a benchmark I chose for comparison purposes that is certainly at the very high-end of the scale at 100 yards if considering a distance between 10 yards and 100 yards. I do not need a 20 yard target card to tell me that the rifle operates. I expected it to function before the dealer packed it up for shipment.
My point about PB and airgun prices was with the average airgunner and the average PB buyer in mind. Not many average PB buyers would pay more than $1,000 for a PB but many average airgunners will pay $1,500-2,000 for airguns. Not many airgunners will buy $5,000 Thomas rifles but the FX, Daystate,and various $1,500 bullpups could be considered nowadays mainstream as far as an "average airgunner" is concerned.
Thanks for your input. If we would all agree...this would be a very boring place....
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